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Saturday, January 25, 2020 · 5:05 p.m. EST/4:05 p.m. CST RP Funding Center · La e!and, F!"rida St. L"ui# $m%u#& at F!"rida Tr"pi'# (e%'a#t: ma#!.t) St. Loui# Am%u#& .$SL /ame 02 F!orida Tropi'# AS *F 1-23-20 St. L"ui# $m%u#& /ame +- 9-1 OVERALL 5-6 OVERALL St. L"ui# $m%u#& $1ay /ame 2 4-1 HOME 4-3 HOME 5-0 AWAY 1-3 AWAY *rland" Sea("!)e# /ame +0 0-0 HEAD TO HEAD 0-0 HEAD TO HEAD *rland" Sea("!)e# 3"me /ame 5 T*4$56 S /$.E • Today’s game is the first of two meetings between the Ambush and Tropics slated for the 2019-20 regular season. • Both games are at the RP Funding Center. • The Ambush face the difficult task of back-to-back road games this weekend. They visited the Orlando SeaWolves Friday night. • This is the only game this weekend for the Tropics. (3*6S 3*T: $.7US3 9$LL ST$TS PR:OR TO FR:4$5 ;:/3T6S /$.E< • Ambush forward Tony Walls leads the team in points (19) and goals (14). He has two goals and an assist in his last three games. • Ambush forward JT Thomas leads the team in assists (six) and is second in points (18) and goals (12). He is enjoying a four-game scoring streak and has posted six goals and four assists in his last three games. • Forward Duduca is third on the team in points (15) and goals (10). He has tallied four goals in his last three games. • Midfielder Lucas Almeida has posted two goals and three assists in his last three games. • Ambush goalkeeper Paulo is tied for fifth in the MASL in save percentage at .697. (3*6S 3*T: TROPICS • Forward Ricardo Carvalho leads the team in points (29), goals (13) and assists (16). He has four goals and six assists in his last three games. He leads the league in assists and ranks second in points. • Midfielder Victor Parreiras is second on the team in points (16), and is tied for second in goals scored (10). He has three goals and three assists in his last three games. • Forward Zach Reget ranks third on the team in points (15) and second in goals (12). He has six goals in his last three games and has scored in his last five games played. F$.:L:$R PL$CES :N 4:FFERENT PL$CES • Tropics forward Zach Reget won the MASL Rookie of the Year honor as a member of the Ambush last season. • Tropics midfielder Antonio Manfut appeared in eight games with the Ambush last season. • Tropics midfielder Gordy Gurson played parts of the 2014-15 and 2015-16 season with the Ambush, winning the Rookie of the Year award in 2014-15. • Tropics midfielder Anthony Arico appeared in 17 games with the Ambush during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. • Tropics defender Robert Acosta played two seasons with the Ambush from 2017 to 2019. • Ambush forward Andre Braithwaite appeared in 11 games with the Tropics last season. =EEPING :T :NTEREST:;/ • The five wins by the Ambush thus far this season have included some nail-biters. Three of those victories have been overtime affairs and each of the five wins were by a single goal. $7OUT T3E ST. L*8:S $.7US3 • The current Ambush franchise was founded in 2013 as an expansion team in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). • Andrew Haines and current Ambush majority owner Shelly Clark were among the founding ownership group. • The Ambush resurrected the name of the original St. Louis Ambush, who played in the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) from 1992 to 2000. • The Ambush joined the current Major Arena Soccer League (MASL), along with the Baltimore Blast, Milwaukee Wave, Missouri (now Kansas City) Comets, Rochester Lancers and Syracuse Silver Knights. • The Ambush play all home games at The Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri, a western suburb of St. Louis. TE$. ST$TS ST. L*8:S $.7US3 S:T8$T:*;$L ST$TS 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON / AMBUSH STATS ARE THROUGH 1-23-20 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON THROUGH 1-23-20 ST. LOUIS AMBUSH CATEGORY FLORIDA TROPICS AMBUSH RECORD WHEN..... 11 Games Played 10 Scoring first 2-2 5-6 Overall Record 9-1 Opponent scores first 3-4 .455 Winning Percentage .900 Leading at halftime 3-3 5.6 Average Goals Scored Per Game 8.4 Trailing at halftime 2-3 8.1 Average Goals Against Per Game 3.8 Tied at halftime 0-0 -27 Goal Differential 46 Game goes into overtime 3-0 5.1 Average Penalty Minutes Per Game 8.2 Game goes into overtime with a shootout 1-0 62 Total Goals For 84 Playing on a Monday 0-0 89 Total Goals Against 38 Playing on a Tuesday 1-0 SPECIAL TEAMS Playing on a Friday 2-2 24 Power Plays 13 Playing on a Saturday 0-1 9 Power Play Goals For 6 Playing on a Sunday 2-3 12 Power Play Goals Against 4 Game starts before 5:00 p.m. CST 3-1 .375 Power Play Percentage .462 Game starts after 5:00 p.m. CST 2-5 23 Number of Times Short Handed 15 Playing an Eastern Conference opponent 4-4 0 Short Handed Goals For 0 Playing a Western Conference opponent 1-2 2 Short Handed Goals Against 0 Playing at The Family Arena 4-3 .478 Penalty Kill Percentage .733 Playing on the road 1-3 .$JOR $RE;$ SOCCER LE$/UE ST$;4:;/S 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON THROUGH 1-23-20 EASTERN CONFERENCE Team GP W L W% GF GA Diff Away Home Div Streak Next Game 1 Florida 10 9 1 .900 84 38 +46 5 - 0 4 - 1 9 - 1 W 4 Jan 25 vs Ambush 2 Milwaukee 10 7 3 .700 69 44 +25 5 - 1 2 - 2 6 - 3 W 1 Jan 25 vs Lancers 3 Utica 10 7 3 .700 69 47 +22 3 - 2 4 - 1 7 - 3 W 1 Jan 31 vs Ambush 4 Harrisburg 10 7 3 .700 76 42 +34 3 - 3 4 - 0 6 - 3 W 2 Jan 24 vs Sockers 5 Baltimore 10 5 5 .500 65 49 +16 2 - 3 3 - 2 4 - 5 W 1 Jan 25 vs Sockers 6 St. Louis 11 5 6 .455 62 89 -27 1 - 3 4 - 3 4 - 4 L 1 Jan 24 at SeaWolves 7 Kansas City 11 5 6 .455 72 65 +7 1 - 5 4 - 1 3 - 4 OTL 1 Jan 26 vs Lancers 8 Orlando 9 1 8 .111 34 85 -51 0 - 5 1 - 3 1 - 8 L 3 Jan 24 vs Ambush 9 Rochester 9 0 9 .000 24 94 -70 0 - 3 0 - 6 0 - 9 L 9 Jan 25 at Wave WESTERN CONFERENCE Team GP W L W% GF GA Diff Away Home Div Streak Next Game 1 Monterrey 13 13 0 1.000 117 59 +58 8 - 0 5 - 0 13 - 0 W 13 Jan 24 at Stars 2 San Diego 9 8 1 .889 54 39 +15 2 - 0 6 - 1 8 - 1 W 8 Jan 24 at Heat 3 Mesquite 10 4 6 .400 51 48 +3 2 - 2 2 - 4 4 - 4 L 1 Jan 25 at Soles 4 Sonora 11 4 7 .364 76 78 -2 1 - 6 3 - 1 4 - 5 L 2 Jan 25 vs Outlaws 5 Tacoma 11 4 7 .364 60 72 -12 2 - 5 2 - 2 4 - 5 L 1 Jan 24 vs Flash 6 Ontario 10 3 7 .300 57 68 -11 1 - 5 2 - 2 3 - 7 W 1 Jan 24 vs Express 7 Turlock 10 3 7 .300 45 58 -13 1 - 3 2 - 4 2 - 7 L 6 Jan 24 at Fury 8 Dallas 10 2 8 .200 38 77 -39 0 - 4 2 - 4 1 - 8 L 1 Jan 25 at Express WIN PERCENTAGE > HEAD TO HEAD > GOAL DIFFERENTIAL > WINS > GOAL DIFFERENTIAL .$SL TE$. OF T3E (EE= / PL$5ER OF T3E (EE= St. Louis Ambush players earning MASL Team of the Week and Player of the Week honors during the 2019-20 regular season. MASL WEEK TEAM OF THE WEEK PLAYER OF THE WEEK 6 Tony Walls Tony Walls ST. L*8:S $.7US3 20+0,20 SC3E4ULE > RESULTS DATE TIME VISITOR HOME VENUE RESULT Fri, Nov 29 7:05 p.m. CST Milwaukee Wave St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 7-2 Sat, Nov 30 6:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Kansas City Comets Silverstein Eye Centers Arena L 6-4 Sun, Dec 8 5:05 p.m. CST Milwaukee Wave St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 6-1 Sun, Dec 15 3:05 p.m. CST Kansas City Comets St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 8-7 Fri, Dec 27 7:35 p.m. CST Tacoma Stars St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 7-6 Tue, Dec 31 3:05 p.m. CST Kansas City Comets St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 7-6 Fri, Jan 3 9:00 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Sonora Soles Centro de Usos Multiples L 12-7 Sun, Jan 5 5:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Monterrey Flash Arena Monterrey L 15-6 Sun, Jan 12 1:07 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Milwaukee Wave UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena W 8-7 Fri, Jan 17 7:35 p.m.